Excuse my Question

[David Buchhauser]

He has no machine experience, but has sourced a company that can mill his part for a reasonable cost, so if this moves forward, that's the way he will go for the first couple of hundred items and see if there is demand for his product.

Chris - that sounds like an excellent way to proceed. Glad to hear he's got is sorted out.
David

[Jim Becker]

I agree with David...good solution. No experience and an expensive investment in machinery and software can make for major frustration.

[ChrisA Edwards]

Yes, I wanted to say, he's never really used woodworking or metal working machines, I was fortunate to do both for many years in high school, but he was great assembling Lego's.

I used to love it when he was little and would puzzle over some assembly operation and come ask me for help with the Lego assembly instructions in hand, "Hey Daddy, I think these Constructions are wrong". That's a word we still use in this house today.

He's a smart young man and is is very dollar conscious.

[richard newman]

How old is he?

Does he really want to get into making stuff, or is he just interested in designing and selling products? Much more $$$ to be made with the latter than the former!

[ChrisA Edwards]

He's just turned 29. Has a good steady job, although is moving up the ranks faster than any other employee has done in a large nation wide company.

This would be a side kick startup, with not a lot of capital outlay or time required. Totally unrelated to his day job.

He's just testing the waters for his idea.